a.     List of recipients in 2005: Awards were given August 20th, 2005
    b.     List of recipients in 2004: Awards were given on November 22, 2004
    c.     List of recipients in 2007: Awards were given on January 1, 2008



January 1st, 2007

This year we reward 'soft global activism' with relevant scientific efforts and journalism reporting in the different categories. The end product is all about educating ourselves and the public to give humanity, all life on Earth, a better future.

	Category	Award recipient and file	Organization	Country	Letter
84	Global Governance	Jan Allen	Jan Allen is an analyst and journalist with Prospering Bear	United States
85	Understanding Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect	C. Arden Pope III and Douglas W. Dockery	Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), published in Environmental Expert www.environmental-expert.com/index.asp	Spain
86	When the guns roar, the brain ceases to function	Uri Avnery	countercurrents.org	United States
87	Compassion, co-operation and sacrifice	Govinda Prasad Sah "Azad" www.govindaforpeace.com/index.php	Peace Ambassador	Nepal
88	Protection of Indonesia's Rainforests and Orangutans	Glen Barry	Glen Barry, Forest Conservation Portal	United States
89	Challenges to reproductive rights	Joe Baker	Care2 and ThePetitionSite team	United States
90	Counter Economy	Mirza A. Beg	countercurrents.org	United States
91	A realistic chance for world peace	Monika Berghoff and Verlag Meiga	www.grace-in-berlin.net	Germany
92	NATO cannot win in Afghanistan	M K Bhadrakumar	countercurrents.org	United States
93	Human rights defenders	Ln. S.K.Bhattacharjee	CITIZEN FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS	India
94	World News	Binu www.countercurrents.org	Countercurrents.org	World
95	Global Citizens Peace Movement: Peace Links, Resources, Participation, Opportunity	Peter Blanchard	http://www.Planetfriendly.net	Canada
96	Climate change fight	Këri Bolding	KTVZ.com news sources	United States
97	Ban the weaponisation of space	Andrew Buncombe	countercurrents.org	United States
98	Pathways to Global Sustainability	John M. Bunzl	International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO)	United Kingdom
99	Journalism at its best	Roger Burbach	countercurrents.org	United States
100	Ecological Footprint	Susan Burns	Global Footprint Network	United States
101	Women rights	CODEPINK: Allison, Dana, Farida, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Rae and Tiffany	DemocracyInAction.org: Technology for the Masses	United States
102	Better not to recognise Israel’s right to exist	Jonathan Cook	Countercurrents.org	Israel
103	End the participation of Canadian Troops in Afghanistan	Catherine Whelan Costen	Canadian Action Party www.CanadianActionParty.ca	Canada	Read
104	Global peace activist	Guy CREQUIE	French poet and writer	France
105	Arctic Climate Change	Jacques de Selliers	GreenFacts Press	Belgium
106	Global Civilization aspects and issues	Germain Dufour	the Global Community	Canada	Read
107	Drinking water availability aspects and issues	Umendra Dutt	countercurrents.org	United States
108	Global Civilization	Dr Michael Ellis	Minister for Sustainable Civilisation, Peace and Disarmament Chief Editor, Co Publisher and Creative vision behind The New Paradigm Journal http://www.newparadigmjournal.com Founder of:     The Centre For Change http://www.centreforchange.org and The Medical renaissance Group http://www.medicalrenaissance.org	Australia	Read
109	World Governance	William N. Ellis	CIVIC SOCIETY	United States	Read
110	Justice comes first, and not liberty	Dr. Zeki Ergas	A scholar, novelist, aspiring poet and occasional journalist.	United States
111	Business sustainability	Dick Evans	ALCAN	Canada
112	Sustainable Global Civilization	Dave Ewoldt and Derrick Jensen	http://www.attractionretreat.org/index.html	United States
113	Nuclear Disarmament	S Faizi	countercurrents.org	United States
114	Ecological Footprint: Sustainable Consumpion and Production	http://www.ecologicalbudget.org.uk	Ecological Footprint UK	United Kingdom
115	Bush is a criminal and should be prosecuted for War Crimes	Jan Frel	AlterNet: the Mix is the Message	United States
116	Religion in India	Subhash Gatade	Countercurrents.org	India
117	Movement for Global Justice	Susan George	The Nation	France
118	Concentration of wealth in different countries	Chris Giles	countercurrents.org, The Financial Times	United States
119	Peak Oil Movement	Peter Goodchild	countercurrents.org	United States
120	Telling the truth to the world	Amy Goodman	Issue of the Nation	United States
121	A fresh green Apple	We're Greenpeace, and we want a fresh green Apple and Oceans life protection	Greenpeace International	The Netherlands
122	Biofuels	Grist Magazine	Environmental News and Commentary	United States
123	Environmental protection	Lisa Grob	Friends of the Earth	United States
124	Runaway Global Warming	Bill Henderson	countercurrents.org	United States
125	A new "earth ethics" beyond "economism	Hazel Henderson	http://www.hazelhenderson.com/	United States
126	Stop Climate Chaos	I Count	I Count	United Kingdom
127	A strong need for action on the issue of poverty	Md. Saidul Islam	countercurrents.org	India
128	A new emerging democracy	Nehginpao Kipgen	Kuki International Forum	Burma	Read
129	Social Justice	Norman G. Kurland	Center for Economic and Social Justice	United States
130	Democracy needs to be an organic, homegrown movement	George Lakoff , Marc Ettlinger and Sam Ferguson	AlterNet: the Mix is the Message	United States
131	New World Vision	Stephen Lendman	countercurrents.org	United States
132	Protection of World heritage Sites	Vladimir Levchenko	Ecological North West Line, Baikal Environmental Wave	Russia
133	Global Peak Oil is the main factor in the termination of a culture featuring waste and greed	Jan Lundberg	Culture Change Letter #129 and #133 http://www.culturechange.org	United States
134	To Save The Planet	Michael McCarthy & David Usborne	countercurrents.org	United States
135	GLOBAL ACTION TO SAVE PEOPLE AND PLANET	John McConnell	Earth Day Founder	United States
136	Home and community development	Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor, PhD Professor	Graduate Coordinator, Educational Foundations Program, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax NS, B3M 2J6, phone 902-457-6385, home: 823-2625, http://www.consultmcgregor.com/ New book release,Transformative Practice: New Pathways to Leadership (2006) available at http://www.kon.org/news.html	Canada	Read
137	Reforming the United Nations	Dr. Charles Mercieca	International Association of Educators for World Peace	United States
138	World Sustainable Development Information System	Leslaw Michnowski	Chairman of Sustainable Development Creators'Club www.psl.org.pl/kte	Poland
139	Green Tourism	Leanne Minichillo	The Green Tourism Association	United States
140	Modern forms of lobbying and corporate corruption	Sunita Narain	Down To Earth, the Society for Environmental Communications	India
141	Corporate Social Responsibility	Nestlé Headquarters in Latin America	Nestlé	Switzerland
142	The terrorists are an insignificant challenge to mankind’s survival	Ed O’Rourke	Countercurrents.org,	United States
143	Working for change and Global Justice	Geov Parrish	countercurrents.org	United States
144	Impacts of Ozone Layer Depletion on Global Warming	Md. Hasibur Rahman	Environment and Agricultural Development Studies Centre Global Government of Asia	Bangladesh
145	World federalism	James T. Ranney	Global Constitution Forum, Inc. www.globalconstitutionforum.org	United States
146	Finding solutions to world problems	Dr. Leo Rebello	Health and Wisdom	India
147	Biodiversity activist	Tan Rui	WWF	China
148	Human Community for World Government	SAK , Jim Winstead, "sabz ali yusufzai"	Private	unknown
149	The scientific method of acquiring knowledge and as an effective way of promoting world peace	Kamala Sarup	PeaceJournalism.com	Nepal
150	Agriculture trade and health and environmental concerns relating to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food.	ASHOK B SHARMA	The Financial Express http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=126916	India
151	Submitting that the invasion of Iraq is a crime against humanity	Cindy Sheehan	Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, KIA 04/04/04 She is co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace. She is the author of Not One More Mother's Child and Dear President Bush.	United States
152	Peak oil movement aspects and issues	John Siman	Culture Change	United States
153	Food for all	Wendy Starr	People- & Planet-Friendly	Canada
154	The growing legion of truth seekers are the freedom fighters of the information age, the foot soldiers of the NGO’s, and the only hope for world peace and disarmament	David Allen Stringer	Journal of a Futurist	Australia
155	A changing Global Community	Cham Toik	Kao Wao News Group	Thailand
156	The global human society to co-operate on global warming	Diana Trimble	Simultaneous Policy (SP)	United Kingdom
157	A more realistic view of America	Manuel Valenzuela	The Rebel Media Group	United States
158	Co – operation and conflict between firms, communities, new social movements and the role of government	Dr. Josè Gpe. Vargas-Hernández	Global Environment Minister Research Professor Department: Ciencias económico Admionistrativas Organization: Instituto tecnológico de cd. Guzman Address: Avenida tecnológico 100, Cd. Guzmán, Jalisco, 49000, México Investigador I Member of the Nacional System of Researchers Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Guzmán Avenida Tecnológico 100 Cd. Guzmán, Jalisco, 49000 México jgvh0811@yahoo.com jvargas08@berkeley.ed jvargas2006@gmail.com	México	Read
159	Building trust and creative forms of cooperation	Rene Wadlow	Transnational Perspectives is a journal of world politics and social policy www.transnational-perspectives.org	France
160	Oceans biodiversity protection	Daniel Wallis	countercurrents.org	United States
161	The reality of Peak Oil	Tom Whipple Tom Whipple’s column in suburban Virginia newspaper	Falls Church News-Press	United States
162	Civic integrity development and global ethics	Dr. Paul Wildman	Kids and Adults Learning	Australia
163	Social justice, peace, and democracy	Kanbawza Win, Kaowao's Editor	Kao Wao News Group	Thailand
164	Preparing for Peak Oil and Climate Change	Tim Winton	Permaforest Trust	Australia
165	Global Peace	Muhammad Yunus	countercurrents.org	Bangladesh
166	Kyoto targets and open trade	Professor ZhongXiang Zhang	Research Program East-West Center	United States

 

Many thanks to the Global Community

Subject: Many thanks to the Global Community!
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:18:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: Nehginpao Kipgen nehginpao@yahoo.com
To: globalcommunity@telus.net
CC: gdufour@globalcommunitywebnet.com, GlobalConstitution@telus.net

Dear Germain Dufour,

While browsing the worldwide web today, to my surprise, I came to learn that I was listed as one of the recipients of 2006 ECO Award in your website at the URL http://globalcommunitywebnet.com/gpa/listofrecipients2006.htm - serial no. 128.

Please let me know more about this selection and why I am not informed about this.

Many thanks to you and your organization for choosing me as one of the recipients of 2006 ECO Award! I will be sharing this news with my forum members (more than 1200 members) and other friends around the world.

Meanwhile, I would very much appreciate if you could also link my organization’s website, www.kukiforum.com, to my column in your website.

Sincerely,

Nehginpao Kipgen
General Secretary
Kuki International Forum
www.kukiforum.com
765-730-1223 (Cell)

4010 Decatur Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895, USA

 

ECO Award in the Co – operation and conflict between firms, communities, new social movements and the role of government category

ECO Award in the Co – operation and conflict between firms, communities, new social movements and the role of government category

Germain Dufour
President
the Global Community
Global Community Earth Government

Dear President,

Thanks for your very kind message to let me know that I have received the ECO AWRAD 2006, although I am sure that I do not deserve it.

I genuinely appreciate once again your support and friendship in difficult times. You should know that after publication of the paper "CO-OPERATION AND CONFLICT BETWEEN FIRMS, COMMUNITIES, NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, THE CASE OF CERRO DE SAN PEDRO", I had received first a copy of the letter an official from the Firm sent to the Director of the Institution if Urban and Regional Development at University of California Berkeley, complaining about the research I have conducted on the case. Later, I had received a bank statement with two deposits done without my consent.

Thus, I genuinely appreciate very much your support and your organization inspires me to follow the highest moral standards on my research.

Cordially yours,


Josè G. Vargas-Hernàndez.

 

KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK

Subject: Re: Year 2006 ECO Award is rewarding 'soft global activism' with relevant scientific efforts and journalism reporting
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:20:38 -0500
From: Bill Ellis tranet@tdstelme.net
To: Global Information Media globalcommunity@telus.net
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KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK

Bill Ellis

 

KIF General Secretary chosen for "ECO Award 2006"

Subject: KIF General Secretary chosen for "ECO Award 2006"
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:05:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Kukiforum News kukiforumnews@yahoo.com
To: globalcommunity@telus.net
CC: gdufour@globalcommunitywebnet.com, GlobalConstitution@telus.net

http://www.kukiforum.com/news/nkipgen_eco_award2006_chosen.htm

Washington, DC, Jan 15: Nehginpao Kipgen, founding President and present General Secretary of the US-based Kuki International Forum (KIF) and a researcher on the rise of political conflicts in modern Burma (1947-2004) was chosen by a Canada based, The Earth Community Organization (ECO), also known as the Global Community, as a recipient of “ECO Award 2006” under its category “A new emerging democracy” with his November 22, 2006 article titled “Attempting democracy in ethnically diverse Burma.”

The ECO Award is an international award given yearly for achievements in several categories by the Award Committee. To be considered eligible for an award, it is necessary to be nominated in writing by a person competent to make such a nomination. Then the candidate must go through the process of obtaining the award, the selection process. The ECO Award in the business category was the very first award given in 2004.

Mr. Kipgen is a distinguished individual to be chosen from a Southeast Asian country, Burma, also known as Myanmar. Kipgen has authored several analytical articles covering South and Southeast Asia with special concentration on Burma, a country infested with myriad political problems since the military coup in 1962. Among others, the ECO Award recipient is also a recipient of the U.S. State Department funded BRSP scholarship. Since the formation of KIF in 2002, Kipgen has also been the editor of the organization’s website www.kukiforum.com.

Friends and individuals, including his professors, congratulated him on his achievement. In his congratulatory note, his former professor from Ball State University Dr. Teh-Kuang Chang wrote, “I am proud of you; best wishes!” In another message, Pastor Vanlalkima Sailo wrote, “Your success is Zofate success and we are proud of you.”

Kukiforum News
Visit us online at www.kukiforum.com

 

ECO award 2006 in the Global Civilization category

Subject: the ECO award.doc
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:53:23 -0800
From: "Michael" mindquest@ozemail.com.au
To: "Global Information Media" globalcommunity@telus.net

Germain Dufour
President
the Global Community
Global Community Earth Government

Dear President,

I am very pleased to accept the ECO Award 2006 in the 'Global Civilization' category given to me by the Global Community.

The ECO Award is given to me in recognition of:

1)     my work in the research and development of the global concepts on which is based the Global Civilization; this work could not have been accomplished without the Peoples of the Global Community and through Global Dialogues; and

2)     actually conducting activist work to promote such Global Civilization.

The award means a lot to my own personal life as it represents an appreciation of the of work and activism I have been involved in in contributing to Global Peace and sustainability over the past 20 years.

I founded the Medical Renaissance Group, UK, with Roy Ridgeway (founding member of the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons and the UK-USSR Medical Exchange Programme) in 1987. In 1986 I established the Renaissance Group in Australia. which sought to promote a substantially new manner of thinking if Humankind is to survive ( after the famous saying of Albert Einstein).

I founded and convened an international conference – Conference Earth: Humanity and Planet Earth – 2001 and Beyond. This conference was held at and supported by Melbourne University on 17-19 November 1995 with 400 delegates, 50 workshop leaders and 10 international speakers attracting national media coverage.

We have since conducted regular seminars at Swinburne University, Melbourne on a wide range of topics related to the achievement of World Peace. Our invited speakers are all Leaders in their chosen fields.

This series of Conferences is now supported by the “The Centre For Change” wwww.centreforchange.org founded by myself in 2000. We convened a Critical Mass seminar on ‘The New Spirituality’ in April 2002 at Swinburne University .

The Centre for Change in the Third Millennium is an open forum and ongoing dialogue for humankind on key issues affecting sustainable survival and the search for solutions. It is a global ‘think tank’, a global ‘watershed, bringing together humanity’s most inspired and creative thinking – a convergence of the spiritual, scientific and humanistic. With Dr Pavel Kasyanov in 2002 we presented the paper entitled Transition to a Sustainable Civilisation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Being a Medical Doctor , I am concerned about creating a more sustainable future for both doctors and the community. Because of this, I established The Medical Renaissance Group www.medicalrenaissance.org in Australia in 2001 with Dr Jager Holly whio is the key inspiration behind this organization. The Medical Renaissance Group aims to bring together the Global community of doctors and community to lobby their respective governments for the creation of a healing culture which places priority on the health of the individual rather than on the illness of the individual. In this respect, it supports preventative, nutritional, mind / body medicine and Wellness Medicine and sees healing as being a unique partnership between the doctor and the patient.

In 2006 with Publisher Lesley Pocock, I founded the New Paradigm Journal www.newparadigmjournal.com of which I am the Editor

The ECO Award tells people of the Global community that it is time for humanity to:

*     acknowledge such 'passing of age' that is the Global Civilization,
*     deal with one another as per the global law; and
*     live up to its principles, global ethics and rigid environmental standards and codes for the good of all global communities.

Getting the ECO Award is a way to reach a higher level of protection to life in the Global Community and help state governments integrate and balance:

a)     global life-support systems protection,

b)     global community participation, and

c)     economic decisions

into their operations and ways of doing things.

Obtaining the ECO Award help all Peoples to be part of the solution to the challenges of globalization. In this way, the private sector in partnership with the civil society can help realize a vision allowing a:

a)     global equitable and peaceful development, and

b)     more stable and inclusive global economy.

I strongly advise all people of the world to apply to be a global citizen and be an active participant of the Global Civilization.
For a person to have obtained the award means that the person has taken responsibility on behalf of society, and that the person pays attention to human and Earth rights, working conditions and is free of corruption in their ways of doing business and trade.

Tangible benefits of obtaining the award are expected in many areas of our social systems.:

a)     The peoples of all Nations, in creating an ever closer Global Civilization among them, are resolved to share a peaceful future based on common values. Conscious of its spiritual and moral heritage, the Global Civilization is founded on the indivisible, universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity; it is based on the principles of democracy and the rule of law. It places the individual at the heart of its activities, by establishing the Global Community citizenship and by creating an era of freedom, security and justice.

b)     The Global Civilization contributes to the preservation and to the development of these common values while respecting the diversity of the cultures and traditions of the peoples of all Nations as well as the national identities of Member Nations and the organisation of their public authorities at national, regional and local levels; it seeks to promote balanced and sustainable development and ensures free movement of persons, goods, services and capital, and the freedom of establishment. To this end, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights in the light of changes in society, social progress and scientific and technological developments by making those rights more visible in the Global Law.

c)     The Global Constitution reaffirms, with due regard for the powers and tasks of the Global Civilization and the principle of subsidiarity, the rights as they result, in particular, from the constitutional traditions and international obligations common to Member Nations, the Scale of Social Values, or Scale of Human and Earth Rights, adopted by the Global Community and by the Global Council of all Nations and the case law of the Earth Court of Justice of the Global Civilization and of the Global Court of Human and Earth Rights. Enjoyment of these rights entails responsibilities and duties with regard to other persons, to the human community and to future generations. The Global Civilization therefore recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out hereafter.

d)     We the Peoples of the Global Civilization are reaffirming faith in the fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and smalll. We the Peoples implies every individual on Earth. Earth management and good governance is now a priority and a duty of every responsible person on Earth. The Global Community has taken action by calling the Divine Will into our lives and following its guidance. Divine Will is now a part of the Soul of Humanity to be used for the higher purpose of good and Life's evolution. We will learn to serve humanity and radiate the Will of God to others. We will establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and we promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.

There are four special people I want to thank:

Germain Dufour, President of Global Community Earth Government (GCEG) and President of the Earth Executive Council

Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor, Minister of Family and Human Development,

James Mwami, Minister of Water Resources Protection,

Dr. José G. Vargas-Hernández, Global Environment Minister

Yours Most Sincerely

DR. Michael Ellis, Minister for Sustainable Civilization, Peace and Disarmament

 

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